> On 26/09/2019 10:06, Kaj Niemi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> Is it on purpose that under AppStream, BaseOS, PowerTools (but not under >> extras, fasttrack and centosplusplus) there is an os and a kickstart >> directory for each architecture? On a quick glance the directory layout >> and contents seem rather identical. >> >> Asking as “we” do a local mirror of releases and started wondering about >> the amount of disk space 8 takes. >> > > Hi, > > kickstart is a snapshot of os at GA/release time. > So that permits people to deploy with exactly same content without > having a moving target, as BaseOS/AppStream will be including updates as > they land. > > WRT disk space, hopefully, as explained on how to mirror correctly > (https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreatePublicMirrors) , you use -H for > rsync, as we heavily use hardlinks in our trees so that it reduces space > and also used bandwidth to sync mirror content Hi, I was just wondering why it wasn't implemented with symlinks? They have the advantage that they can be recognized easily IMHO. You could then go a step further and even create an updates/ directory with only symlinks to the corresponding files. It would allow to still have an updates/ directory which some of us are missing now. Regards, Simon